Vitit Muntarbhorn is an international human rights expert and professor of law at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
Education
Muntarbhorn, born in November 1952, was educated at Oxford and Brussels, and was called to the Bar in England before going on to lecture in law at various universities in Austria, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Switzerland and Thailand.
Career
In 1994 he coedited with C. Taylor a paper on human rights in Thailand. Muntarbhorn was nominated to the position of United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Democratic People's Republic of of Korea (North of Korea) in 2004. His term ended in June 2010.
During his six years of service, North of Korea repeatedly rejected his requests for meetings
He was involved in the elaboration of the Yogyakarta Principles on LGBT rights.
Membership
Muntarbhorn remains involved in various United Nations activities, principally as a member of the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Organization, and has served as an expert or consultant with the OHCHR, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Development Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization and the United Nations University.